On the night before President Kennedy is shot, Clematis Roundtree walks out--and 11-year-old Isobel knows her momma is never coming back. Ignored by her grieving father, Isobel assumes the task of... This description may be from another edition of this product.
The honesty of the narrator, Isobel Roundtree, never falters. This is a book read in a day without putting it down. I definitely hear echoes of Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird, the world from a wise child's point of view and a book not written for children. Recommended.
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